Archive for Renaissance Gangster

This mixtape had me at the Lou Bond sample.  My love affair with the mysterious singer's "To The Establishment" stems from Outkast flipping a baseline for "Wailin',"one of my favorites off ATLiens.  Seven years later, when Brother Ali used the intro vocals and piano as the framework for his hauntingly beautiful "Picket Fence," I was sold.  Once I heard that familiar hum and piano cascade in "Alright", the second track off of Starlito's latest effort, Renaissance Gangster, I knew I was sticking in for the long haul.

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